Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 59.9 1-Core 27.6 2-Core 107 38% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 469 53% 413 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 67.8 12% 38.2 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 83.7 58% 69 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (64) Unknown 100 100 2599808 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 39 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 214748954658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 11 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1547 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1430 (F2) Unknown 100 100 914 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 614	110% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 637 Mixed 664 182% 825 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 13.9 73% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 68.8 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 20.6 27% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 159%
WD WD2003FZEX-00SRL 2TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 254 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 221 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 182 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.44 139% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 794 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.47 140% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 931GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 160 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 76036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4418 (C2) HDA temperature 130 96 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.7% Average	Read 94.3 Write 78.7 Mixed 78.1 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 27 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16